Using nuclear magnetic resonance, researchers at ETH Zurich have studied the atomic environments of single platinum atoms in ...

A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between ...

The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from ...

This was a surprise as the half-life for that particular xenon was a half-life of 18 billion trillion years. That’s more than ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

Blink and you might miss it, but if you keep your eye on the monitors in professor Sebastian Will's lab, you'll catch a ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

A new method in electron microscopy enables sub-20-picometer targeting of individual atoms without prior exposure, opening ...

A new method uses helium droplets combined with ultrashort laser pulses to trigger chemical reactions in a controlled way.

Understanding how atoms form is a fundamental and important question, since they make up everything with mass. The question of where atoms comes from requires a lot of physics to be answered ...

A rule-breaking, colorful silicone that could conduct electricity. Previously only thought to be insulating, a shift in the ...